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No. 330,654. Patented Nov. 17, 1885.

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No. 330,654. Patented Nov. 17, 1885.

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WILLIAM N. WHI'IELEY AND WILLIAM BAYLEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,654, dated November 17, 1885.

Application filed July 25, 1884. Serial No. 138,739. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM N. WHITE- LEY and WILLIAM BAYLEY, both of Springfield, in Clark county, in the State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Harvesters; and we do hereby declare that the following is an accurate description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improvement, and Fig. 2is a plan of the machine.

This invention relates to the means for controlling the fiexible tongue of a harvestingmachine; and it consists, first, in extending one side bar of the main frame forward of the front end of said frame to provide a seat for the controlling lever in advance of the joint of the tongue; second, in the drivers seat mounted upon the lateral brace of the tongue in advance of the tongue-joint, &c.

The main frame is rectangular, and is composed of the bars t t properly framed together at their intersections. They inclose the main wheel, and support the axle-bearings for the same, as well as the bearings for the pinionshafting and other attachments and operative parts of the harvester. The inner side bar, 15 of the frame projects forward of the front cross-bar, t, and at its forward end supports the joint-platej for the lever a whereby the driver controls the tongue 3. Thejoint-plate j is also provided with a notched segment, k, and said lever is provided with a locking-bolt, Z, to engage therewith and retain the tongue in any desired position with reference to the plane of the frame. The tongue is jointed to the frame by a joint bolt, u, which passes through both tongue and inner bar, t near to the front cross-bar, t, and the lever a is connected to the tongue in advance of the forward end of the inner bar, t by means of a link, If. The tongue 8 is supported against lateral strains by means of a diagonal brace, b, which is rigidly secured to the side of the tongue at or near the joint whereby the link 12 is united to it, and it extends diagonally therefrom to the outer front corner of the frame at d, to which it is jointed in line with the axis of the bolt of. There is also from the inner front corner of the main frame to the inner shoe a brace, y, and from this brace, near its forward end, a strap, 2 is extended to the end of the tongue joint-bolt u outside of the tongue to support said bolt outside the tongue. The lateral brace b supports the drivers seat 10 and foot-board o, and the toolbox :c we also attach to the same brace, whereby the weight of the driver and the contents of the tool-box are supported upon the tongue in advance of its j oint-connection with the frame, and it is thereby rendered more efficacious in counterbalancing the weight of the platform and binding mechanism, which are in rear of the main-wheel axle.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new is 1. A main frame surrounding and supported by a main wheel, a platform, cutting and binding apparatus attached to and supported by said frame in rear of the main wheel, and a forward extension of the inner side bar, I",

substantially as described, combined with atongue, 8 pivoted to said forwardly-extended side bar, a diagonal brace, b, and a drivers seat and foot-board mounted on said diagonal brace, whereby the weight of the driver is supported by the tongue in advance of its jointconnection to the main frame, substantially as set forth.

2. The main frame it, surrounding and supported by the master-wheel a a cutting apparatus, platform, and binding apparatus attached to and supported by said frame in rear of the main wheel, combined with the tongue 8, jointed to a forward extension of the side bar, t the diagonal brace y and strap 2 whereby the outer end of the bolt 10 is supported.

3. A main frame surrounding and supported by the main wheel a and the forward extension of the inner side bar, i and the tongue 8, jointed to the main frame, the diagonal brace b, rigidly secured to the tongue just in advance of the end of the extended side bar, t and the lever a mounted upon the extended side bar, 27, at its extremity, and the link if, whereby said lever is jointed to said tongue, substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM N. WHITELEY. WILLIAM BAYLEY.

In presence of- F. B. FURNISS, I SOL. J. 110mm. 

